NARRITJIN MAYMURU
TOP 10 ARTWORKS SOLD AT AUCTION

Possum Tree, 1964
Ochres on bark, 78 x 33.5 cm
Est: $10,000-12,000, Lawson-Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 25/05/2004, Lot No. 28
A$21,000
A$25,200

Guwak, Marngu and Biyay At Djarrakpi, c.1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 40 x 9 cm (irregular)
Est: $3,000-4,000, Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 26/03/2024, Lot No. 59
A$15,000
A$18,409

Djarrakpi Landscape Guwak Birds 1969
Natural earth pigments on bark, 120 x 42 cm
Est: $18,000-20,000, Lawson-Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Australian Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 14/11/2007, Lot No. 37
A$13,000
A$15,600

Djert (The Sea Eagle) c. 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist's name and inscribed 'Darwin 1958' on label on the reverse of frame, 90 x 47 cm
Est: $7,000-10,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 28/06/1999, Lot No. 46
A$11,000
A$12,650

Banaitcha Story c. 1973
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist's name and extensive descriptive notes on label on the reverse, 137 x 62 cm
Est: $3,000-5,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 25/07/2005, Lot No. 221
A$6,500
A$7,800

Possum Tree c. 1963
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist's name on the reverse, 60 x 21.5 cm
Est: $5,000-7,000, Joel Fine Art, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 05/06/2007, Lot No. 89
A$6,000
A$6,963

Manggalili Ritual Dancing 1965; Manggalili Mortuary Ceremony 1965
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 92 x 28.5 cm; 92 x 27.5 cm
Est: $3,000-5,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 24/07/2007, Lot No. 229
A$5,500
A$6,600

Djarrakpi, 1969
Natural earth pigments on Eucalyptus bark, 130 x 61 cm
Est: $7,000-10,000, Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Aboriginal Works of Art including the estate of the late Mike Chandler, Sydney, 04/06/2019, Lot No. 44
A$5,500
A$6,600

Possums Climbing a Sacred Cashew Tree at Djarrakpi , c.1967
Natural earth pigments on bark, 121 x 43 cm
Est: $4,000-6,000, Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Indigenous Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 23/06/2020, Lot No. 76
A$5,500
A$6,600

Evolution of the Manggalili Clan Set in The Dreamtime
Natural earth pigments on bark, 72 x 172 cm
Est: $6,000-8,000, Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Fine Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 31/05/2005, Lot No. 182A
A$5,000
A$6,000
Information courtesy of The Australian Art Sales Digest published by John Furphy Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. Last updated 04/12/2024.